Differential Games⤓ .md 2026-07-13T062546.818 000000000000728 **Origin.** Rufus Isaacs (RAND) developed differential game theory (1965); Soviet contributions by Pontryagin, Krasovskii, and Subbotin extended the theory, particularly for pursuit-evasion games.
Influence Graph Analysis⤓ .md 2026-07-13T062546.818 000000000000776 **Origin.** Graph-theoretic methods in Soviet sociology (Gvishiani, Kovalyov) and organizational cybernetics; influence network analysis.
Mechanism Design⤓ .md 2026-07-13T062546.818 000000000000712 **Origin.** Soviet research on incentive compatibility in planning systems; Burkov's theory of active systems; Germeier's hierarchical games.
Meta-Goal Negotiation⤓ .md 2026-07-13T062546.818 000000000000752 **Origin.** Soviet game theory and collective decision research (Burkov, Germeier); mechanism design in hierarchical systems.
Reachability Analysis⤓ .md 2026-07-13T062546.818 000000000000752 **Origin.** Lev Pontryagin's reachability sets (1950s-1960s); Nikolai Krasovskii's differential game theory and pursuit-evasion analysis (1960s-1970s); foundational to Soviet control theory.
Reflexive Game Analysis⤓ .md 2026-07-13T062546.818 000000000000768 **Origin.** Vladimir Lefebvre's reflexive control theory applied to game-theoretic decision-making; developed in Soviet military-strategic research (1960s-1970s); extended by Novikov and Chkhartishvili.